EDIT: Thanks for putting this in the Redstone subforum. I didn't even know we had one.
After seeing the 1.7 video about Pistons and that door at the end, I wanted to create my own door like that. I was thinking about a horizontal door, but then I decided a trap door would be cooler. I worked for about an hour trying to get the delays, wiring, and design figured out. I'm not very good with redstone so I might have done more wiring than necessary, but all of it can be hidden underground so it's not much of a problem.
This is all the wiring that it takes. The delays are either because of Piston physics and the need for them to extend and contract in a certain order, or because I wanted the 4 groups of Pistons to rise and fall at the same time for visual aspects. The wiring is a bit complicated because in order to power the Pistons, the wiring can't be next to any other wiring because the Piston won't receive power. The positions of the Pistons were also cumbersome to figure out.
As you can see, when the Pistons are contracted you have a 2x2 hole that is unobstructed.
The idea goes like this:
First the bottom Piston, which receives no delay in the wiring extends.
Then the top Piston extends, which receives a medium delay in the wiring.
Then the side Piston extends, raising the wood block to the same level that the floor would be.
This is the clump of four sets of pistons when they're extended.
This is pretty neat. Having secret-doors which are flush with the outside wall (or in this case, a floor) makes them genuinely secret.
Would it have been possible to wire it up to open in a spiral-pattern? I've been waiting for 1.7 to play with pistons, so I don't have much experience with how to wire them, but I think that spiral-opening would look bad-ass.
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After seeing the 1.7 video about Pistons and that door at the end, I wanted to create my own door like that. I was thinking about a horizontal door, but then I decided a trap door would be cooler. I worked for about an hour trying to get the delays, wiring, and design figured out. I'm not very good with redstone so I might have done more wiring than necessary, but all of it can be hidden underground so it's not much of a problem.
This is all the wiring that it takes. The delays are either because of Piston physics and the need for them to extend and contract in a certain order, or because I wanted the 4 groups of Pistons to rise and fall at the same time for visual aspects. The wiring is a bit complicated because in order to power the Pistons, the wiring can't be next to any other wiring because the Piston won't receive power. The positions of the Pistons were also cumbersome to figure out.
As you can see, when the Pistons are contracted you have a 2x2 hole that is unobstructed.
The idea goes like this:
First the bottom Piston, which receives no delay in the wiring extends.
Then the top Piston extends, which receives a medium delay in the wiring.
Then the side Piston extends, raising the wood block to the same level that the floor would be.
This is the clump of four sets of pistons when they're extended.
It's controlled by the switch on the left.
Above statement is false.
Now if you could add the stairs under the floor to slide out so you can walk down after the floor opens - awesome
Super pro dude.
I'll see if I can do something with fraps. I've never done video recording so I'm not sure how well it'll go.
Above statement is false.
Would it have been possible to wire it up to open in a spiral-pattern? I've been waiting for 1.7 to play with pistons, so I don't have much experience with how to wire them, but I think that spiral-opening would look bad-ass.
Look here to find links to my inventions, creations, and my Youtube channel featuring Amazing Creations of Mine (Redstone engineering FTW!!!) and charming Music-Videos about clones. I also made "Minecraft in Minecraft" (2D platformer/building game). I'm currently trying to make a computer.